Discusses developmental stages of teachers' careers and corresponding concerns, focusing on consolidation and renewal. Suggests goals relative to the consolidation and renewal stages and notes the importance of developmentally sensitive supervision, including observation, feedback, collaborative strategies, and reflective journals. Recommends that…

A sample of 524 elementary and 816 secondary teachers was used to evaluate the plausibility of 7 models of teacher militancy concerning issues of workplace control. The more plausible models are those that explain militancy as a function of the extent of teachers' integration into the organization and their affective response to organizational…

Professors who study and teach supervision should realize that they are involved in creating a scholarship of practice, not a science or applied science. Pretending to "do science" maligns education's legitimacy and assigns its professors to second-class status. The practice approach has more potential for creating a true community of…

Presents a practical, research-based process to help principals assist teachers in developing questioning skills. Measurable elements of effective questioning include teaching style, levels and types of questions, wait time, modeling of mental processes for answering questions, and use of transfer. Includes 20 references. (MLH)

Describes and interprets the processes that supervisors currently use in conference, relying on anthropological linguistics and other qualitative techniques. Reconstructs a contextual definition of the supervisor conference and suggests some implications for future supervisory study and practice. Supervisors' controlling behaviors make collegial…

Glickman's developmental supervision model addresses professionalism by focusing on adult development, teacher development, and life span transitions. This paper describes a study that interviewed 30 graduate students and 120 classroom teachers concerning the relationship between the developmental supervision process and teachers' reflective…

Whereas much research attention has been given to the induction stage of beginning schoolteachers worldwide, there is a limited knowledge base on the experiences of new kindergarten teachers at this stage, despite the different work tasks and contexts of both groups of teachers. Based on semi-structured interviews with 15 Israeli kindergarten…

The Principal's Legal Handbook contains information and recommendations for practice in four areas. Section 1, "Students and the Law," yields interesting and informative answers on a number of issues related to students and the law: recent issues in schools relative to students' rights; the use of technology; and the latest case law and…

Online learning is growing rapidly as states and districts are creating new online schools, and existing programs are adding new courses and students. The growth reflects the spreading understanding that online courses and programs can serve a wide variety of students and needs. These include: (1) Creating opportunities for small and rural school…

In teacher preparation most supervisory feedback is deferred, allowing learners to perform skills incorrectly and delivery of on-site immediate feedback may interrupt instructional flow. This study used a multiple baseline design to examine effects of immediate, corrective feedback delivered via wireless technology on completion of three-term…

This bibliography lists sources of information on entry year induction programs and practices for first year teachers. The 69 citations date from 1975 through 1988 and are organized alphabetically by author. Citations often include ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) numbers to facilitate acquisition. (DB)

The Effective Supervision Guide (ESG), which organizes data generated during monitoring sessions in student teaching, is based on clear goal setting and feedback and provides student teachers and supervisors the opportunity to identify problem behaviors, prioritize the problem behaviors according to the degree of importance in terms of effective…

Supervision based on self-initiation and self-analysis (SSISA) is realistic and has great possibilities. This manuscript presents a thought process fostering the user's reliance on observed data solicited from another person when making decisions. In this context, supervision helps a supervisee attain professional status most efficiently, using a…

A survey was undertaken to examine the roles of supervisor/diagnosticians in the Fort Worth Independent School District Special Education program. Special education classroom teachers were surveyed about time spent in the classrooms by supervisor/diagnosticians, objectives and effects of these visits, and teachers' perceptions of these visits.…

The theory and practice of supervision developed during a period in which the legitimization of any enterprise was most effectively sought through appeals to science and scientific methods for problem-solving. The failure of scientific discipline to develop conclusively effective theories in many social fields, including supervision, suggests that…